Ecuador's president and presidential candidate Rafael Correa, waves an Ecuadorean flag as he speaks during a campaign rally in Machachi, Ecuador, on January 17, 2013. Polls show Correa, a leftist who has been in office since 2007, is...More

Ecuador's president and presidential candidate Rafael Correa, waves an Ecuadorean...Ecuador's president and presidential candidate Rafael Correa, waves an Ecuadorean flag as he speaks during a campaign rally in Machachi, Ecuador, on January 17, 2013. Polls show Correa, a leftist who has been in office since 2007, is the overwhelming favorite to win in the first round of voting. Surveys give him a lead of as many as 49 percentage points over his closest rival, banker Guillermo Lasso. Correa went on an unpaid leave of absence on January 15 to devote himself full-time to his campaign for re-election February 17. In his absence, Vice President Lenin Moreno will assume the presidency until the last day of the presidential campaign on February 14.LessMore